The DX Chogokin SDF-1 Macross can be launched in Japan this coming November.
BigWest, Bandai Spirits
The SDF-1 from the unique 1982 Macross TV sequence is getting a massive new transformable diecast toy later this yr, however solely in Japan.
The SDF-1, or Tremendous Dimension Fortress 1, is a large transformable battleship referred to as the Macross within the sequence of the identical title.
Designed by Kazutaka Miyatake, the concept to have it include a metropolis originated from Shoji Kawamori’s work on Ulysses 31. It’s additionally emblematic of the unique TV sequence, and it’s right here that the difficulty begins.
Whereas a lot of the rights for Macross lastly reverted to BigWest back in 2021, the unique TV sequence and film, Do You Remember Love?, are nonetheless in considerably of a limbo, with Concord Gold nonetheless concerned with these two particular properties.
It is because again within the mid-80s, Macross, Southern Cross, and MOSPEADA have been hacked collectively to create Robotech, which is owned by Concord Gold.
Meaning as a result of this SDF-1 toy is from the unique Macross, it gained’t be getting a launch within the US. Though I doubt that can cease followers from importing this toy from varied locations on-line.
Along with the restricted launch, this toy is priced at a suitably huge 99,000 yen (or round $623 on the present change fee).
You do get loads for that value, although, with all method of lighting gimmicks, equipment, and sizeable heft at round 65 cm in dimension, on account of the truth that it’s 1/2000 in scale.
The opposite good piece of reports is that each T-Rex and Kazutaka Miyatake have labored on this toy, because the official Bandai Spirits web site has a nice new interview with them each about it.
Whereas I technically want the movie version of the SDF-1, which already has an amazing toy by Arcadia, that is undoubtedly the largest and most spectacular toy of the TV iteration.
Optimistically, I can choose one up when it’s launched in Japan this November, however I actually do not know the place to place it.
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